Mop holder



June 17, 1924. w 1,498,022

T- J. ELLISON MOP HOLDER Filed July 21. 1923 Patented June 17, 192 3.

UNITED STATES h I Y insane PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. ELLISON, OF RICHMOND, KENTUCKY.

IVIO'P HOLDER.

' Application filed July 21,

portion may be adjusted. to grip mops of varying thicknesses, animproved yieldable clamping means being associated with said mop-engaging member for maintaining the same in a predetermined position.

A still further object of the invention is to furnish a mop holder of this character wherein the mop-engaging portion is formed entirely of wire, thus making the holder more or less flexible to facilitate mopping in corners and along walls without liability of scarring the same as would be the case were the holder of a rigidconstruction.

And I might state further that it is my object to create a mop. holder which al though of a very simple and inexpensive structure, will be strong and durable and highly efficient in practical use.

The above and other objects to be developed duringthe "course of the detailed description appearing hereinafter, are attained by means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and wherein the preferred embodiment of the invention is disclosed.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a plan View, partly broken, illustrating a mop holder constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional VlBW taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring specifically to the drawing, wherein like reference characters have been opposite yoke side as indicated at 11.

1923. Serial No. 652,927.

used throughout to designate similar part-s, numeral 5 denotes a mop handle of the usual wooden type, the end of which is'apertured to receive the inturned ends 6 of the cross piece or head of the holder 6. The holder 6 is formed of one piece of relatively heavy wire which is doubled as clearly shown in F igs. l and 2,-the outer ends of which are twisted toform eyes? which function as guides for a yoke 8 which is also formed of relatively stiff wire. i

The front portion, of the yoke 8, denoted at 8, is parallel to the cross piece 6. andis adaptable for clamping a mop 9 against the cross piece 6 upon retractionof the yoke 8 through the eyes 7.

The rear'portion of the yoke 8 is bent laterally as indicated at 10, thefree end of which is formed with a hook which is engageable in an eye at the upper end of the Intermediate the ends of the portion 10 two on itself in each instance, the double formation of these loops being best shown in Fig. 3. The purpose of this construction just referred towill presently become apparent.

The means for holding the yoke 8 so that its portion 8 will grip the mbp 9 will now be refer ed to, the same comprising a piece of heavy wire 12, the free ends of which are bent for'insertion transversely through apertures in the handle'ti as shown in Fi 2, the terminal portions of said ends being bent along the other side of the, handlev as indicated at 19f whereby the rigid attachment of the member will be assured. The stock of the'wire between the handle carried portions thereof is bent to form a plurality of humps 13, over a selected one of which the lateralportion 10 of the yoke intermediate the loops 10 is hooked for clamping the portion 8 of the yoke against the mop 9 in an obvious manner.

The looped portions 10" the medial portion of the part 10 and form springs which permit flexation of the outer portions of the member 10 to yieldably clamp the mop 9 in position. It will also be apparent from the drawing that upon clamping of the mop .9 between the portions 8 and 6, that the loops 1O will be moved function to stiffen loops 1O are formed in normally spaced relation by tw ce curling the wire-backwards slightly towards each other to engage the sides of the selected hump 13 over which the medial portion of the wire 10 is hooked thus preventing dislodgment of the yoke. from clamping position with the subsequent free i to those skill'ed'inthe art without departing from the spirit of my invention, it will be distinctly understood that I reserve the right to make such'changes as fairly fall within the spirit'and scope of the appended claims.

It will also be apparent from an inspection of the drawing, particularly Fig. 1,

that the loops 10 have an additional func-' tion to those referred to hereinbefore, in that they act as finger receiving loops during the manual adjustment of the yoke for either engaging or disengaging the cleaning; element.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A. mop holder comprising a handle hav ing a head provided with guides, a yoke slidable through said guides and having a cross member formed with spring loops, and a rack having sockets to selectively receive a portion of said cross member of the yoke to hold the yoke in a set position, said spring loops being arranged on opposite sides of and constantly exerting spring pressure on said rack to hold the cross member in one of said socketsand said spring loops defining finger receiving inembersr 2. A mop holder comprising ahandle having a head, a substantially rectangular yoke slidably associated with said head and adapted to co-operate with the head in gripping a mop, andra' rack carried by said handle and having a plurality of holding members selectively engaged by a portion of said yoke, said yoke being provided with spring loops arranged on opposite sides of and adapted to be moved into pressure contact with said rack by the mop on the yoke.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

THQMAS J. ELLISON.

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